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Font Size Comparisons

I've set the body font to 76%, which should take it from the browser's default of 16px down to 12px. Once we've set the body font to 12px using percentages, we can use em's to push the font up or down relative to the 12px. Here's a table showing you pixel sized fonts versus em-sized fonts.

Pixel vs. Em-Sized Fonts
sizes Pixels Em's
10px vs. 0.8em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
11px vs. 0.9em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
12px vs. 1em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
13px vs. 1.1em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
14px vs. 1.2em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
15px vs. 1.3em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
16px vs. 1.4em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
17px vs. 1.5em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
18px vs. 1.6em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
19px vs. 1.7em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
20px vs. 1.8em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
21px vs. 1.9em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
22px vs. 2em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
23px vs. 2.1em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
24px vs. 2.2em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
25px vs. 2.3em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
26px vs. 2.4em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
27px vs. 2.5em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
28px vs. 2.6em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
29px vs. 2.7em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!
30px vs. 2.8em McAfee fonts! McAfee fonts!